Simi Valley residents decry sometimes deadly heroin wave

Hundreds of residents packed the Simi Valley City Council chambers Monday night to decry what they said was a deadly wave of heroin use among the city's young people.

Pat Montoya is supported for his emotional account of a tumultuous life since, he said, his 19-year-old son has become addicted to heroin. Montoya was one of several people to air their concerns at a meeting of the Simi Valley City Council at City Hall on Monday night.

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Rachel Neubauer holds a picture of a late family friend, Lindsay Cook, at the Simi Valley City Council meeting Monday night.

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Jodi and John Johnston tell the Simi Valley City Council about their son, Andrew Johnston, who lost his life to heroin in Simi Valley. The Johnstons were among several people to air their concerns about heroin in a meeting of the Simi Valley City Council at City Hall on Monday.

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Westley Ransom holds up a bumper sticker expressing his feelings about heroin at a meeting of the Simi Valley City Council at City Hall on Monday night.